Tokyo Electric has discovered that a ‘pit’ filled with contaminated water is cracked and leaking.
The highly radioactive water is leaking into the Pacific Ocean.
TEPCO will try to use concrete to seal the crack in the pit.
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Nissan halting operations in North America
Nissan announced that it’ll shut down production in United States and Mexico, around mid-April.
Nissan, just like other Japanese car makers, blames parts shortage, caused by the March 11 disasters.
Nissan will close assembly plants in Tennessee and Mississippi for about one week, as well as two factories in Mexico.
Japanese leadership: Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil
How bad is the nuclear disaster in Japan? If you consider that ‘avoidance strategy’ (lying) is standard practice in Japan, then we should all be very concerned.
Remember the three monkeys? Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Speak No Evil, they come from Japan.
Many foreign organizations in Japan, are saying the current situation is much worse than what Japanese officials are saying. Even Japanese suffering within the disaster zones are saying their government is lying.
To understand Japanese ‘avoidance strategy’ read “The Japanese Negotiator: Subtlety and Strategy Beyond Western Logic”.
I’ve been following the 11 March disasters from day one, and I can tell you that from the start the Japanese government/corporations downplay everything. Also, serious questions from the Japanese media have been blown off, only to be confirmed a day or two later. Then, on top of that, the Japanese government has even accused Tokyo Electric of faulty radiation data (“faulty” to say the least, they won’t accuse them of lying because that doesn’t happen in Japan, only avoidance strategy happens).
With the fact that, by Western standards, it is common practice for Japanese leaders to lie, then I have no choice but to believe that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will end up being worse than Chernobyl.
Obama willing to sell out U.S. troops to South Korean Command, sign of declining U.S. Empire
In an unprecedented move, the United States has agreed, in principal, to put U.S. forces under the direct command of South Korea. Details are still being worked out.
Officially the move is to help South Korea in case of attack by North Korea. But isn’t that why our troops are there to begin with? Why do they have to be placed under direct control of the South Koreans? Never in United States history has another country controlled our military forces! Even the Russians didn’t do that after the fall of the Soviet Union. Is it another sign of the decline of the U.S. Empire?
China sends Gas & Diesel fuel to Japan, says Japanese government delaying aid shipments
China is sending 10,000 tons of gas, and 10,000 tons of diesel fuel, to help Japan deal with its disasters.
The fuel should be off loaded this weekend, however, Cheng Yonghua, the Chinese Ambassador to Japan, says the Japanese government is actually making it difficult for aid to be sent. Recently NGO relief groups made similar comments.
China has already sent tents, blankets, water, rubber gloves, temporary toilets and shoes. However, more and more people in the areas of devastation say they are not getting any help.
Proof that Coffee prices are too high, 3 men lynched over truck load of Coffee
According to Guatemalan Police, 3,000 people took part in lynching three would be coffee thieves.
The police say the residents of La Democracia caught the men trying to take off with a truck load of coffee, then beat, hung and burned the men to death.
The police also say the townsfolk blocked them from stopping the lynching.
People are actually being killed for one of the most popular beverages. Something to think about the next time you sip on that cup o’ joe.
Sweden joins fight for Libya’s Oil, ooops, I mean fight to protect Civilians
Sweden announced they will be sending aircraft to enforce a no fly zone over Libya. The Swedish parliament voted 240-18 in favor of the plan.
They will send up to eight warplanes, including their JAS 39 Gripen, and a transport plane to join the NATO-led coalition.
This is almost getting to be like World War One, where countries jump in on the fight one after another, until the whole world is at war.
More proof it’s about the Oil, not civilians, in Libya
Ali Tarhouni, who claims to be in charge of the Libyan rebels’ finances, announced that Qatar will give rebels money for weapons and other items in exchange for Libya’s oil.
No wonder Qatar got involved with the military action against the Libyan government.
U.S. sending World’s largest Concrete Sprayers to Japan
Claimed to be the largest concrete spraying trucks in the world, they will be on their way to Japan, after upgrades in California and South Carolina.
The two trucks are made in Germany, for spraying concrete for skyscrapers.
Kelly Blickle, a spokeswoman at Putzmeister America Inc., says similar types of trucks were also used on Chernobyl in 1986.
Officially the trucks will be spraying water, but if necessary, can spray concrete to entomb the reactors.
TEPCo screws up data for a second time!
“TEPCo faces a grave situation as it is failing to live up to the expectations of people who are very worried by the company.”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, NISA
The Japanese government is upset, after finding that radiation readings from TEPCo, proved to be faulty.
The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said Tokyo Electric Power Company presented faulty numbers on readings from contaminated ground water, around Reactor 1, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
This is the second time TEPCo screwed up (maybe lied about?) its data. The first time was about contamination coming from Reactor 2, last week.